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My office had a good laugh this week. A candidate who was scheduled for a phone interview decided to just show up in person.
It would have been pretty hard to confuse the interview as an in-person meeting because the recruiter send a confirmation email saying “hiring manager will call you at 113-446-7790.” And the recruiter sent a calendar invite saying “phone interview” in the subject line with a location of “we will call you.”
So the recruiter had to find a conference room, the hiring manager had to talk to this person interrupting her day. The candidate didn’t even apologize for the mix-up.
Let’s just say the candidate left a bad impression across the whole office.
Have you ever showed up for a phone interview? If so, what did you do? Have you experienced it as a hiring manager? How did you handle it?
Had I been the hiring manager, I would have refused to meet with the applicant in person. A certain type of interview was scheduled, and that is the type I would conduct. I would call the number, and if they answered, I would conduct the interview, even if they were standing in my parking lot.
Failure or inability to follow instructions generally does not lead to a job offer.
My office had a good laugh this week. A candidate who was scheduled for a phone interview decided to just show up in person.
It would have been pretty hard to confuse the interview as an in-person meeting because the recruiter send a confirmation email saying “hiring manager will call you at 113-446-7790.” And the recruiter sent a calendar invite saying “phone interview” in the subject line with a location of “we will call you.”
So the recruiter had to find a conference room, the hiring manager had to talk to this person interrupting her day. The candidate didn’t even apologize for the mix-up.
Let’s just say the candidate left a bad impression across the whole office.
Have you ever showed up for a phone interview? If so, what did you do? Have you experienced it as a hiring manager? How did you handle it?
No, never did, but then had a few phone interviews I ended up calling the interviewer an idiot for calling me with a job I had NO interest in whatsoever. Calling me for a cashier position, Part time for a store 35 miles away. Never marked that I wanted cashier and did mark ONLY Vancouver, WA....
That's why I am not a fan of a DIY conglomerate with a L at the beginning.
Another take on this is that the job candidate went above and beyond and displayed "out of the box thinking". Just finding the physical location where the office is, required a superior intellect and creative thinking.
My office had a good laugh this week. A candidate who was scheduled for a phone interview decided to just show up in person.
It would have been pretty hard to confuse the interview as an in-person meeting because the recruiter send a confirmation email saying “hiring manager will call you at 113-446-7790.” And the recruiter sent a calendar invite saying “phone interview” in the subject line with a location of “we will call you.”
So the recruiter had to find a conference room, the hiring manager had to talk to this person interrupting her day. The candidate didn’t even apologize for the mix-up.
Let’s just say the candidate left a bad impression across the whole office.
Have you ever showed up for a phone interview? If so, what did you do? Have you experienced it as a hiring manager? How did you handle it?
Never had it happen. And certainly not a good impression by the candidate.
Not to nitpick - but regarding the bolded above - how would that be different with a phone interview? The hiring manager would have carved that time out of her schedule regardless - no?
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